Fighting Bed Bugs On Your Own

Add a few drops of essential oil into your laundry the next time you wash your bedding.

Fighting bed bugs on your own.

Make a simple spray by adding a few drops essential oil into a spray bottle filled with cup 120 milliliters of water. 31 jan 9 50 pm. Hello lynn bed bugs typically don t feed on pets and prefer humans. Better are one of the commercial pitfall traps made specifically for this purpose.

Improper use can harm your health or cause a fire or explosion. Spray exterminates bed bugs but also works on fleas and other pests. Foggers should not be your only method of bed bug control. Spray is completely pet safe and since it s water based with safe ingredients it s also not toxic if your pet happens to lick it.

Run your vacuum across your mattress inside the bed frame under your bed along your baseboards and even your headboard. Use foggers bug bombs only with extreme care and only if bed bugs are listed on the label. Interceptors are special platforms or cups that are purchased to prevent bed bugs from climbing on to your bed. Mix an insecticide labeled for use on bed bugs such as temprid fx with water in a pump sprayer using the ratio found on the product label to create a bed bug spray.

Dispose of your vacuum bag in your outside trash receptacle. Listed below are a few ways you can use essential oils to get rid of bed bugs. Rub some essential oil onto your bed frame. Be very thorough in all cracks and crevices where bed bugs eggs and other particles are hiding.

Do not broadcast spray an entire carpet or floor.